Hi. So, what have you been doing?

I’ve been thinking a lot about social media. I think they (whoever they are) gave it the wrong name.

More on that later.

Would you like to see what I’ve been studying? You can see everything I’ve learned about practical applications for social media in small business here in twenty seconds.

It’s actual stuff with real, live, human being examples and everything.

Although. The real thing is better. I think. I’m workshopping it tomorrow for some CoMo Business Leaders.

Practically Social in 20 Seconds from Tim Miles on Vimeo.

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